Duplicate sales-recorder.



No. 677^,|26. Patented June 25, I90I. J. T. GILBERT. DUPLICATVE SALESRECORDER.

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W/TNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

`IOHN TEXAS GILBERT, OF EUFAULA, ALABAMA.

DUPLICATE SALES-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 677,126, dated J' une25, 1901.

Application filed August 15, 1900. Serial No. 26,951. (No model.)

Be it known that I, JOHN TEXAS GILBERT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Eufaula, in the county of Barbour and State ofAlabama, have invented a new and Improved Duplicate Sales-Recorder, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates to devices for producing duplicates of memoranda-'ason salesslips, bills of lading, and the likeat the same time with theoriginal by the use ofa plurality of paper strips, with interposedcopyingpaper (carbon-paper) strips.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficientapparatus of the aboveindicated class which will be provided with amechanism for feeding the paper a predetermined distance and wit-hanother mechanism for perforatin g the paper to facilitate the tearingoff of the slips written upon.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features ofnovelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my-improved sales-recorder. Fig. 2 is aplan thereof with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a central sectionalelevation on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. A is an end view of the apparatus;and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are details of certain parts, Fig. 7 being asection on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

The apparatus shown in the drawings accommodates two rolls of paper,with an intervening carbon-paper strip, and is therefore adapted for theproduction of an original and a duplicate. Obvious changes will enableme to obtain three or more copies at one writing.

The device comprises a frame A, in which are journaled the two parallelpaper-rolls B B and the carbon-paper roll O, said rolls being arrangedbelow a table A', having three slits A2, through which pass,respectively, the two paper strips D D/ and between them thecarbon-paper strip E. These strips then pass on top of the table A'toward the rear end thereof, and the paper strips extend under the feeddevice, to be described presently, while the carbon-paper strip Eterminates short of the feed device- The feed device consists of a smallupper roller F, preferably covered with rubber, and a larger lowerroller G. The upper roller is journaled in arms Il, connected by a crossbar H', the arms being pivoted at H2 and pressed by springs I to bringthe .upper roller toward the lower roller. One of the arms is providedwith a handle Hby means of which the roller F may be raised to allow thepaper to be more readily introduced between the rollers. The u pper andlower rollers are pref erably geared together by means of toothed wheelsJ J; but this connection is not absolately necessary. On the shaft K ofthe lower roller is secured, to rotate with the roller-,a disk L, theconnection being made, Vfor instance, by means'of a pin K passingthrough a radial aperture in the shaft and itting into a diametricalgroove L in the outer face of the disk L. On its opposite or inner sidethe disk L has a cam-surface L2, terminating in a shoulder L2. Thiscam-surface is engaged by a pin M', extendingparallel with the shaft Kand pressed outwardly by a spring N. The pin and spring are mounted upona wheel M, which is loose relatively to the roller G and is providedwith teeth M2, meshing with a segmental gear P upon the feed-lever P. Acoiled spring Q, secured at Q' to the feed-lever and at Q2 to thestationary shaft of said lever, tends to bring the latter into theposition shown in Figs. l and 2. In this position, as will be seen inFig. 2, the pin M engages the shoulder L3 of the disk L, and if thelever is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow the pin willcause the disk L and the roller G to rotate, thus feeding the paperbetween the rollers F and G. When then the lever P is released andreturned to its original position either by hand or by the spring Q, thepin M' will slip on the cam-surface L2, the spring N yielding untilfinally the pin clears the shoulder L2,whe11 the spring N will force thepin outward into the position shown in Fig. 2, in readiness for anotherfeed operation.

Adjacent to the feed device I arrange the perforator, comprising astationary plate R, having a horizontal paper-passage R' and a IOOvertical Jassafe R2 in therear of which is located a transverse seriesof apertures R3. In the passage R2 is adapted to move the blade S,having aserrated edge S', and through the apertures R3 are arranged topass the pins S2, which project downward beyond the blade S. The latterand the pins S2 are fastened to a cross-bar T. This cross-bar connectsthe upper ends of upright rods T, moving in guides A3 of the frame A andhaving a tendency to move downward vunder the influence of a coiledspring U. One of the rods T carries a forwardly-extending arm T2, havinga lateral projection T3. The wheel M has on its inner face a cam M3,having a radial shoulder M4, adjacent to which is an extension or tongueB 5, preferably of spring material, which projects between the ends M6and M7 of the circumferential band or ange M?, secured to the wheel M.These ends Ml and M7 are at different distances from the centerthat is,the flange MS is not truly circular.

In the position shown in l and 2 the projection T3 rests on the outerend M7 of the iange M8, and consequently the blade S and the pins Sia-reraised. W'hen the lever P is turned, as described, to feed the paper,the flange M8 -turns with the wheel M and the projection T3 rides onsaid flange until, the feed being nearly completed, the beveled frontedge of the projection T3 passes under the tongue M5. The projection T3then reaches` the" clearance between the inner end MG of the iange llf 8and the shoulder M4, and the coiled springs U then force the perforatordown, the pins S2 engaging the paper first to prevent its slipping whilethe blade S cuts or perforates the paper, so that the portion 'writtenupon and its duplicate can be readily torn off.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description.The rocking of the lever P in the direction of the arrow imparts acomplete revolution to the wheel M and to the roller G, thus feeding thepaper the required length after an entry has been made. At the end ofthe feed operation the paper is perforated, as described, and thefilled-out slip and its duplicate are torn od. Then while the lever Preturns to its original position the lower feed-roller G remainsstationary and the projection T3 rides on the cam-surface M3 until itagain reaches the outer end M7 of the flange M8, Fig. l.

I desire it to be understood that various modifications may be madewithout departing from the nature of my invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination of the frame having a paper-support,the perforator having an arm with a projection, and the operating-wheelhaving an interior cam with a radial shoularranged to travel on said camand over the tongue thereof onto the said rib,and to finally pass underthe tongue into renewed contact with the cam, and means for pressing theprojection of the perforator toward the operj ating-wheel.

2. The combination of the frame, the paperroll shafts therein, a feeddevice consisting of two rollers between which the paper is adapted topass, a perforator, a spring for giving the perforator its operativestroke, a retaining and driving mechanism connected with 3. Thecombination of the frameQthe paper- 9 roll shafts therein, a feed deviceconsisting of two rollers between which the paper is adapted to pass, awheel mounted loosely in relation to one of the feed-rollers, aspring-pressed pin mounted to slide axially on said wheel, a disk heldto turn with the roller and provided on the side facing said pin, with acam-face and a stop-shoulder adapted to be engaged by said pin, aninterior cam on said wheel, said cam having a radial shoulder, aneXterior rib or ange on the said wheel, the ends of said rib beingspaced from each other and alining approximately with the radialshoulder of the cam, a tongue extending from the cam between the ends ofthe said rib and over one of them, the perforator having an arm with aprojection to engage said cam and rib, the said perforator comprising ablade and a set of perforating-pins located at the rear of the blade andof such a length as to engage the paper before the blade does, and alever for turning said wheel to feed the paper and to actuate theperforator.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN TEXAS GILBERT.

XVitnesses:

S. H. DENT, M. G. ROBERTS.

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